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• Walt arfons
  ...d record]] racing. Along with Art, he was a pioneer in the use of aircraft jet engines for these types of competition. ...dited with being the first to torch a junked car with the exhaust from his jet dragster, in order to provide entertainment for the crowd at [[Indianapolis
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• Frank Kurtis
  ...acing|sprint cars]], [[IndyCar|Indy cars (champ cars)]], and [[Formula 1]] cars. He was the founder of [[Kurtis-Kraft]]. ...een made when the licence was sold to [[Madman Muntz]] who built the Muntz Jet. In 1954 and 1955, road versions of his Indianapolis racers were offered.
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• Art Arfons
  ...of jet-powered cars, after a series of ''Green Monster'' piston-engine and jet-engined dragsters. He subsequently went on to field a succession of ''Green ...continued their drag racing partnership with a series of ''Green Monster'' cars until the late 1950s, parting amicably but competing against each other.
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• Mitsubishi Astron engine
  ...ine remained basically identical through the world accept the addition of 'jet valves' in the U.S.A. ...ne rather than produce their own. A classic example of this is Chrysler 'K-cars'.
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• Jay Leno's vehicles
  ...ting/WaterjetCutting_Article.cfm?ID=1314</ref> This is a partial list. The cars are housed in Leno's "Big Dog Garage", which comprises three adjacent wareh == Cars ==
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• SU Carburetter
  ...he [[Nissan Z|Datsun 240Z]], [[Nissan Z|Datsun 260Z]] and other [[Datsun]] Cars. While these look the same, they are different enough that needles are the ...e is tapered, as it rises and falls it opens and closes the opening in the jet, regulating the passage of [[gasoline|fuel]], so the movement of the piston
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• Blue Flame
  ...lue Flame's kilometer record was not broken until 1997 when the Thrust SSC jet car smashed it while exceeding the speed of sound (Mach 1). The driver, [[G ...LNG), pressurized by helium gas to eclipse previous speed records set with jet engine powered vehicles. The effort was sponsored by The American Gas Asso
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• Buick XP-300
  | One-off [[Concept Cars|Concept car]] ...]], [[Harley Earl]] and [[Charles Chayne]] split ways and both built dream cars to compete with each other. Chayne's car was the XP300, while Earl's was th
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• Matra
  ...tomobiles René Bonnet]]. Matra Automobiles produced racing cars and sports cars, and was very successful in racing. ==Matra road cars==
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• Jay Leno
  ...Big Dog Productions, a company that co-produces the show. More specific to cars, he is one of the most celebrated car enthusiasts with his own program [[Ja ...on on which he constantly works in his spare time, and he routinely drives cars from his collection (including an original [[Stanley Steamer]]) from his ho
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• Hudson Jet
  ...ced to merge with [[Nash-Kelvinator]] because of the losses created by the Jet project and the falling sales of its senior line. If there are [[Hybrid Cars|hybrid]] versions of this vehicle manufactured, then please elaborate a lit
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• Apal
  ...ifferent [[Dune buggy|buggy]] models such as Apal Buggy, Apal Rancho, Apal Jet, Apal Avvi, Apal Corsa (with gull-wing doors) and Apal Horizon. As of 2006 the company has stopped production of ready-built cars and now only sells kits and spare parts.
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• Aston Martin DBR9
  ...rsion, and this is clearly evident through the styling cues shared by both cars. Whereas the DB9 has 450 bhp, the DBR9 has been modified to produce and ast * Aston Martin Racing BMS (2 cars)
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• Power-to-weight ratio
  ...(power is force times distance over time or simply force times speed). For jet engines there is often a cruise speed and power can be usefully calculated | Boeing 777 GE90-115B Jet Engine
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• Ford Cleveland engine
  |351C-4V "Cobra-Jet"||May 1971-1973||Low||Rare Only the Q-code 351 "Cobra Jet" (1971-1973), R-code "Boss" 351 (1971), and R-code 351 "HO" (1972) versions
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• Hispano-Suiza
  ...in 1946 was taken over by Enasa, the maker of [[Pegaso]] trucks and sport cars. ...duced cars, trucks and buses, and a number of hand-built racing and luxury cars, some of which ended up being owned by King Alfonso XIII of Spain.
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• Kurtis Kraft
  '''Kurtis Kraft''' was a designer and builder of race cars. The company was founded by [[Frank Kurtis]]. ...dy cars (champ cars)]], and [[List of Formula One constructors|Formula 1]] cars.
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• Napier & Son
  ...ht Edge's distribution and sales company and production rose to around 700 cars a year with many supplied to the London Taxi trade. ...Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost]] and in the early 1920s sales declined. The last cars were made in 1924. An attempt was made to buy the bankrupt [[Bentley Motors
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• Famous Cars
  * [[Green Monster (car)|Green Monster]], name of a series of [[piston]] and jet engine [[drag racing|dragsters]] built and raced by [[Art Arfons]]. ...er (car)|Green Monster]], name of a series of jet engine land speed record cars built and raced by [[Art Arfons]].
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• Armstrong Siddeley
  ...ating during the first half of the 20th century. It had two aspects: motor cars, '''Armstrong Siddeley Motors Ltd''', and aero-engines and aircraft, via th In 1912 the cars used the slogan "As silent as the sphinx" and started to sport a [http://ww
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• A.E. Barit
  ...e) combined with Hudson's lack of resources to update their senior line of cars spelled the end for the company, which was subsequently acquired through a
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• Mercury Turnpike Cruiser
  ...ng a power rear window that could be lowered to improve ventilation, "twin jet" air intakes at upper corners of car's windshield, "seat-o-matic" automatic ...re kit and were painted yellow (Sun Glitter), similar to the original pace cars.
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• Alvis Stalwart
  ...#Amphibious trucks and barges|amphibious military truck]] built by [[Alvis Cars|Alvis]] that served with the British Army. In the water it was driven by vectored thrust water-jet propulsion units at about 6 knots.
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• Lamborghini Monza 400
  | [[Aston Martin DB4GT Jet]]<br>[[Maserati Boomerang]]<br>[[Lamborghini Flying Star II]] ...ng cars, and had taken over responsibility for the maintenance of customer cars after the latter's competition department shut its doors in the late 1950s.
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• Supercharger Engine
  In cars, the device is used to increase the "effective [[engine displacement|displa ...y relegated the [[Supercharged Engine|supercharger]] to pricey performance cars.
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• Fuel pump
  ...rging the pump in the tank is one of the safest places to put it. In most cars, the fuel pump delivers a constant flow of gasoline to the engine; fuel not ...this will prevent fuel leaking from any ruptured fuel line. Additionally, cars may have an inertia switch (usually located underneath the front passenger
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• History of the internal combustion engine
  ...his own invention – a petrol economiser. His economisers worked as well in cars as they did in motorcycles. ...et of air, it does not get its power from a gas turbine and is thus not a "jet engine" in the current meaning of the term.
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• Hudson
  At its peak in 1929, 300,000 cars were produced in one year (Hudson and Essex combined), including contributi ...ine. The Essex found great success by offering one of the first affordable cars with an enclosed passenger compartment.
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• Block heater
  ...round the engine and a device known as a blow pot, essentially, a kerosene jet-heater used several hours prior to flight.<ref>[http://www.harbourpublishin Some cars, such as the second generation [[Toyota Prius]] pump hot coolant from the c
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• Supercharged Engine
  In cars, the device is used to increase the "effective [[engine displacement|displa ...y relegated the [[Supercharged Engine|supercharger]] to pricey performance cars.
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• Mercedes-Benz Sprinter
  ....autoblog.com/2010/12/23/mercedes-benz-sprinter-grand-edition-is-a-private-jet-sans-the-w/] If there are [[Hybrid Cars|hybrid]] versions of this vehicle manufactured, then please elaborate a lit
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• GM LS9 engine
  Image:X09pt ep035.jpg|Oil Cooling Jet ...rate-motor-costs-more-than-most-cars/ LS9 crate motor costs more than most cars]
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• Gas turbine
  *1678: Ferdinand Verbiest built a model carriage relying on a steam jet for power. *1930: Sir Frank Whittle patented the design for a gas turbine for jet propulsion. His work on gas propulsion relied on the work from all those wh
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• Top Gear Races
  ===Ferrari 612 Scaglietti vs. Passenger Jet - Distance 650miles=== ...ight up and back down). ''Series Ten, Episode Three'' '''''Winner: Fighter Jet'''''
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• Porsche 930
  .... But demand was much stronger than expected, and Porsche had sold the 400 cars by mid-1975. ...est driver. The Porsche covered the first 100m in 5.0 seconds. The Phantom jet took 5.2 seconds.
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• Ignition system
  ...onnected directly from the magneto output. Magnetos are not used in modern cars, but because they generate their own electricity they are often found on [[ ...UK these devices were commonly known as trembler coils and were popular in cars pre-1910, and also in commercial vehicles with large engines until around 1
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• Chevrolet Bel Air
  Image:Chevrolet 1957 bel air jet 01.jpg If there are [[Hybrid Cars|hybrid]] versions of this vehicle manufactured, then please elaborate a lit
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• Fuel tax
  ...will use less as the price increases (by switching to more fuel-efficient cars, public transit, cycling, walking, consolidating trips, carpooling, or trav ...near the Brazilian border list two different prices for gasoline, one for cars with Argentinian license plates and another one for foreign plates, to rest
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• Flåklypa Grand Prix
  ...ipal collaborator throughout his career) built most of the props, sets and cars and was in charge of the technical aspects of making the film; Ingeborg Rii ...aprino.no/e/pages/car.html</ref> The car itself has over 550&nbsp;hp and a jet-engine that can be used if wanted, but due to EU restrictions the vehicle i
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• Jeep Liberty
  ...duced in 2002 with styling inspired by the ''Dakar'' and ''Jeepster'' show cars. It competes with the [[Toyota RAV4]], [[Ford Escape]], [[Chevrolet Equino ...heel with audio controls; and one-touch up/down power windows. The Liberty Jet is offered as an optional package with an MSRP of $1,495 on the Liberty Spo
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• Internal Combustion Engine
  ...bustion is intermittent. However, continuous combustion engines, such as [[Jet engine]]s, most [[rocket]]s and many [[gas turbine]]s are also very definit ...ty of aircraft and locomotives. Where very high power is required, such as jet aircraft, helicopters and large ships, they appear mostly in the form of [[
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• Aston Martin V8 Vantage (1977)
  ...viously been used on a number of high-performance versions of Aston Martin cars, but this was a separate model. Although based on the [[Aston Martin V8]], If there are [[Hybrid Cars|hybrid]] versions of this vehicle manufactured, then please elaborate a lit
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• Compact car
  ...The term often leads into confusion, however, since international compact cars are somewhat larger than their North American equivalents, mostly because n ...ti-purpose vehicle]]s and [[sport utility vehicle]]s based on small family cars (often called [[compact MPV]]s and [[compact SUV]]s) have similar sizes, ra
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• Allard J2X
  |Engine = GM ''Ram Jet'' [[V8]] If there are [[Hybrid Cars|hybrid]] versions of this vehicle manufactured, then please elaborate a lit
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• Honda Insight
  ...obile]] manufactured by [[Honda]]. It was the first mass-produced [[Hybrid Cars|hybrid]] automobile sold in the United States, introduced in 1999 (in Japan ...that production of the Insight will end in September 2006. A new [[Hybrid Cars|hybrid]] model, a car smaller and less expensive than the [[Honda Civic|Civ
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• Packard
  ...oducing cars that sold for $440, the Packards concentrated on more upscale cars that started at $2,600. Packard automobiles developed a following not only ...t crash and subsequent depression by manufacturing slightly less expensive cars than it had prior to October 1929. As an independent automaker, Packard did
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• Mercedes-Benz 300SEL 6.3
  ...a nearly 2-tonne saloon with performance similar to most dedicated sports cars of the era. It is said that [[Rudolf Uhlenhaut]], when invited to test driv If there are [[Hybrid Cars|hybrid]] versions of this vehicle manufactured, then please elaborate a lit
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• Common rail
  ...008|work=economist.com}}</ref> In 1997 they extended its use for passenger cars. The first passenger car that used the common rail system was the 1997 mode The common rail system is suitable for all types of road cars with diesel engines, ranging from [[city car]]s such as the [[Fiat Panda#Se
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• Top Ground Gear Force
  ...title screen and music is changed to suit the programme. Instead of having cars in the background, images of gardening were shown instead. The images bore ...g a two-by-four at him. Hammond revealed his barbecue system, which uses a jet engine to rotate the meat and cook it. However, the blades rotated too fast
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• Mercury
  ...e of the [[Ford|Ford Motor Company]] founded in 1939 to market semi-luxury cars slotted between entry-level Ford and luxury [[Lincoln]] models, similar to ...t aerodynamic cars of its era. It was one of the first [[Ford]] production cars designed using a full-scale clay model. Dubbed The Super Ford, the '''Mercu
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